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Trouble is always with scaling and equipment. Unless one uses the existing infrastructure, low chance of success.
by ngneer 3y ago
Trouble is always with scaling and equipment. Unless one uses the existing infrastructure, low chance of success.
- px43 3y agoI also think that a fundamental issue with using carbon for compute is that we don't actually have a lot of it, and what we do have we largely need for all that organic chemistry that keeps us alive. For reference, carbon makes up about 0.18% of the earth's mass, whereas silicon makes up 27.7%. The moon basically has zero carbon, and the regolith is 20% silicon.
- AdamH12113 3y agoFar more of the silicon (from sand) goes into concrete and glass, though. And it's not like we're short on hydrocarbons. From what I can gather, the total yearly worldwide production of concrete is tens of billions of metric tons, fossil fuels are billions of tons, and silicon is millions of tons -- barely a blip on the radar.